Duofold davenport.



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DUOFOLD DAVENPORT.

APPLlcAnoN FILED FEB. 25, |914.

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DUOFOLD DAVENPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1914.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

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DUOFOI-D DAVENPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19, 1918.

Application filed February 25, 19.14. Serial No. 820,930.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK BERNARD lVERsEL, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and resident of 2140 Maplewood Ave., Mount Auburn, inthe county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, (post-office address, Nos.11041 to 1112 Kenner street, Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton andState of Ohio,) have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDuofold Davenports; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a fulland exact description thereof, reference being had to thc accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to duofold davenports and it has for its object theimprovement in construction of such devices whereby they are simplifiedand rendered more efficient in action.

The novelty of my invention consists in the combination andsub-combination of the parts as will be hereinafter set forth andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

ln the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device when theduofold davenport is unfolded and used as a bed. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing how one end can be elevated. Fig. 3 is an end viewshowing the du-ofold davenport folded up and used as a davenport. Fig. lis a front elevation of Fig. 3 with the balance removed to show thespring C. Fig. 5 is a sectional View showing how the screw eye holds themattress to the top of the angle iron H.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6 6 of Fig.

The frame work is divided into three sections. H represents the head endsection, H2 the middle section and Hgfhe foot section. The head endsection H and the foot section H3 are hinged to the middle section H2..The foot section H3 has arms A attached to each end. These arms answertwo purposes, they act as end arms when the duofold davenport is foldedup and used as a davenport and as a support for the foot section H3 whenit is unfolded and the device is used as a bed.

The head end section H is provided with a leg B to support the sectionwhen the device is opened lto be used as a bed. r1`he middle section H2is supported on four legs D.

Vcomprising a fixed section with The head end section H is provided witha notched hook E which is used to hold the head section H in an inclinedposition. Attached to the leg B, and leg D are links F., which hold theleg B up against the section H, when it is raised up and forms the backof the duofold davenport. Hooks G are pivoted to head section H and areused for holding links F up by hooking onto the pins F2 on links F asshown in Fig. 3. The mattress I is attached to the head section H bymeans of' screw eyes I2, which pass through slots I3, and given aquarter turn which locks the mattress to the head section. The mattresshas a pocket formed in the upper end through which a wooden strip `K ispassed. This strip receives the screw eyes. This is clearly shown inFigs. 5 and 6. A spring C is attached to the upper and front part of thetwo legs D, D, extending from leg to leg, which is used as a flexiblesupport for the front end of the mattress when the duofold davenport isused as a davenport.

T he operation of my duofold davenport is as follows: The hook Gr isunhooked from the link F and the head end section is swung back untilthe leg B rests on the floor, the mattress is folded back on to the headend section and the foot section swung forward until the arms H rest onthe floor, when the mattress is spread out over the foot section whenthe duofold davenport will be in the form of a bed 'as shown in Fig. 1.

Having described my duofold davenport, what l claim is- The combinationin a folding davenport ports, a folding front section pivoted to thefront of the fixed section at the sides thereof` and a mattressextending over the fixed and folding sections, of a helical springstretched horizontally between the upper ends of the supports below themattress for the purpose of supporting the mattress when the sectionsare folded.

MARsToN ALLEN, J. C. LEMON.

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